Cnoc An Tursa

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Below is our complete Cnoc An Tursa news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.

Considering Scotland’s own rich, battle-studded history and glorious scenery, you wouldn’t expect the tide of ‘Heritage black metal’ to be confined to the south of Hadrian’s Wall. Cnoc An Tursa – Gaelic for "Hill of the Standing Stone" – has been using its Falkirk home as the source of sweeping grandeur associated with the movement for a decade now, and their 2013 debut album, "The Giants Of Auld," was a stirring take on symphonic folk and black metal, bringing in strong Gaelic influences but reaching for the epic through sheer muscle and powerful, mid-paced grooves rather than overdoing the bombast.

Now the five-piece are returning to the fray with a new album "The Forty Five," which is due out on February 17th via Apocalyptic Witchcraft. The album is a concept based around the Jacobite Uprising in 1745, waged by Charles Edward Stuart, better known as Bonnie Prince Charlie, to wrest the British throne from George II.

The track list is as follows:

1. Will Ye No Come Back Again2. The Yellow Locks of Charlie3. The Standard on the Braes o'Mar74. Wha Wadna Fecht for Charlie5. Flora MacDonald6. Sound the Pibroch7. Fuigheall8. The Last of the Stuarts More...

Scottland's Cnoc An Tursa has checked in with the following announcement about recruiting a new vocalist and working on the follow-up to 2013 album "The Giants of Auld" (reviewed here):

"We would like to take this opportunity to welcome our new vocalist Scott Anderson into the fold. The band will enter LSD studio Lübeck Germany with the very talented Lasse Lammert to begin tracking drums for our 2nd album 'The Forty Five' in mid August."

Scottish outfit Cnoc An Tursa - which was nominated as one of the best newcomers of 2013 in our annual year-end awards - is now working on a new album. The band commetns:

"For those wondering what updates there are in the Cnoc An Tursa camp: we are currently writing our second album for Candlelight Records and looking into getting at least one 2014 U.K. tour completed this year along with festival appearances in UK / Europe for 2015."

This upcoming second album will follow the 2013 full-length release "The Giants of Auld" (reviewed here).

Each year in our annual metal awards we take a look at the best “newcomers” – those bands that released debut full-lengths worth your time.

In addition to the standard slew of burgeoning metal bands getting their footing in 2013, there were several new projects created by established members of the scene that dropped some of the best albums of the year.

To help get you acquainted with the best new talent releasing albums you may have missed, we’ll be looking at each of the bands nominated for the “best newcomer” category by our staff. Today content manager xFiruath covers Witherscape (which ended up winning the category in our 2013 awards), Gloryhammer, and Cnoc an Tursa.

Witherscape

An instance of the champ coming out of retirement to show the young pups how things are done, Witherscape marks the return of European metal legend Dan Swano, who has spent the last several years behind the sound board instead of in front of the microphone.

Rather than going in the direction of his various ‘90s projects, this band is essentially a progressive death metal outing, with some strong classic metal leanings. “The Inheritance” was an album I greatly enjoyed on first listen, and have only come to appreciate even more over time, to the point it’s now among my most played metal on any given week.

Scottish folk/black metal band Cnoc An Tursa is streaming the new track "The Lion Of Scotland." The track appears on the band's debut LP "The Giants of Auld," which is due for release on February 25, 2013 via Candlelight Records. The album delves into the history of Scotland.